Trenton police investigating homicide of 21-year-old, the city's 20th murder of the year

A Trenton police car in a file photo.Michael Mancuso / The Times of Trenton

TRENTON — Police are investigating a homicide that took place late Saturday at the corner of Stuyvesant and Exton Avenues, officials said.

First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said that the victim was 21-year-old city resident Thomas William Barnes, who died from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest area.

Trenton Police Lt. Mark Kieffer said that police believe Barnes was standing at the corner by himself around 9:40 p.m. Saturday when he was shot by an unknown number of suspects, and was hit in the chest, arm and groin.

“After he was shot, he ran towards his home,” said Onofri. He said that Barnes collapsed in front of his home in the 400 block of Stuyvesant Ave.

Kieffer said that Barnes sought help from someone on the block before collapsing.

The victim was transported by ambulance to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police did not know Sunday afternoon if the suspects were on foot or in a vehicle, and no descriptions were immediately available. No one else was reported struck in the gunfire.

Barnes is the city’s 20th homicide of 2013. The city has reported a shooting homicide for three of the last four weekends, with the death of Tiara Green after she was fatally wounded June 15; Garious Denard Burton, who was shot early June 29 and declared dead the next day, and now Barnes.

Staff Writer Alex Zdan contributed to this report.
Contact David Karas at dkaras@njtimes.com.